Hey everyone! Happy new year!

I know I'm late but I just wanted to say it.

In this chapter we will be going through everyone getting ready for initiation. Don't worry, the advent decks are coming soon.

Now let's get started.

Henishin!

The next morning of Beacon has finally arrived.

A pair of eyes opened up and that person was greeted by cyan eyes and ginger hair.

Her clothing is a mix and match of some sort, with different colors and themes. She wears a collared black vest that ends at her waist. Her signature emblem, a hammer with a lightning bolt, can be found on the back. Under the vest are two layers of clothing, colored red and light-blue respectively. Nora has a turquoise bow at the back of her skirt. She also wears a white sleeveless top that forms a tiny heart shape between her cleavage and collarbone, with a white detached sleeve on each arm. She wears matching fingerless gloves on each hand. She sports a pink skirt that starts at the waist and ends mid-thigh. Her shoes are a mix of pink and white with pink laces, displaying her emblem on their also wears armor that begins in the middle of the shoulder and neck and ends by the waist.

Nora Valkyrie.

"Wake up, lazy bud!" She said cheerfully.

The person got up with a groan, it was revealed to be a boy with magenta eyes.

He has long black hair tied into a ponytail that ends midway down his back. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. His eyes match the streak in his hair, and his clothing appears to be influenced by Chinese wears a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat that is red on the inside, with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black color scheme seems to be influenced to some degree by the lotus flower, which is his emblem. He wears a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit, and light-tan pants with black shoes.

Lie Ren.

"It's morning! It's morning! It's morning! It's morning!" Nora was singing happily.

Ren just sighed.

He felt llike this was going to be a long four years.

He was now brushing his teeth while his childhood friend was talking...a lot.

"I can't believe we've been at Beacon for a full twenty-four hours! Not that I thought we'd get kicked out or anything, I mean, you're the perfect student and I'm... well, I'm me! But it's just crazy, you know?"

They were in the ballroom readying themselves, Nora brushing her hair still talking.

"We've been friends for soooooooo long! What are the odds we'd still be together? Well, not "together-together..." Not that I'm not saying that you're not handsome; you are handsome, but that'd just be weird, right?"

Now they were in the middle of their breakfast, eating pancakes, Nora STILL talking, pancake hanging from her mouth.

"Right! What was I thinking? But still, I hope we end up on the same team together!" She then slurps the rest of her pancake into her mouth, "Oohhhh! We should come up with some sort of plan, to make sure we end up on the same team together! What if we bribe the headmaster? No, that won't work. He has the school."

Ren was grabbing his weapons from his locker and...you guessed it , STILL talking!

(A/N: Seriously, what the fuck is she?!)

"I know! We'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal!" She gasped, "A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?"

"Nora?" He finnaly replied, "Yes Ren?" said boy sheathed his weapons, StormFlower, into his sleeves. "I don't think sloths make a lot of noise."

She had to think about that for a moment before...

"That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're working together!"

Ren just smiles at this, "Come on Nora, let's go."

"Not "together-together..."." She giggles.

They walk past Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, Jaxon Johnson, Daniel Middleton and Nathan Sharp getting ready themselves. "Wonder what those two are so worked up about?" Ruby asked, "Oh, who knows?" said Yang, she then looked at Jaxon who was slightly blushing.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked him with concern in her voice, Daniel and Nathan put a hand on his shoulders. "Yeah. I am completely fine." He answered with a smile.

This time it wasn't rubbish.

He really was fine.

He did feel a bit awkward with sleeping in the same bed as Yang sure, but he actually felt safe.

Like he was free.

And it was all thanks to Yang.

Jaxon, not wanting to bring the mood down, decides to start a conversation. "Anyways, you seem awfully chipper this morning Little Red!"

"Yep! No more awkward small talk or "getting-to-know-you" stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking." The youngest replied referring to her scythe, which she was stroking.

"What's so bad about "getting-to-know-you"? You got to know us, and that's good right?" Nathan asked, "Yeah, b-but you guys are different!"

Dan decided to jump in, "Your not going to be the only one going through initiation Ruby. If you wanna grow up, you're gonna have to meet new people and learn to work together. I mean take us for example."

"What do you mean?" Asked Yang.

"Well, we just used to be a bit..." Jaxon started not finding the right words.

(6 months ago)

Jax, Dan and Nate were in a night club drunk out of their minds.

"JUG! JUG! JUG! JUG!" Dan and Nate were chanting while Jax was drinking a massive bottle of vodka in one go. And once he drank all the alcohol, he threw the glass bottle on the floor smashing it into pieces.

"YEAH!" the all screamed at the top of their lungs.

"...extreme."

Jax shook his head getting that memory out of his head, "The point is that you're gonna have to make new friends."

Ruby sighs in frustration, "You all sound like Dad!" she shoved her weapon in her locker,"Okay, first of all: What does meeting new people have to do with fighting? And secondly: I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!"

The boy's chuckled, still finding her adorkable.

"But what about when we form teams?" Yang asked her little sister, she then got nervous and couldn't find an answer. "Um, I don't know, I... I'll just be on your team or something..."

"Maybe you should try being on someone else's team?" Yang said as she started getting nervous herself and started to stroke her hair.

Ruby then seemed angry and pointed her finger at her big sister accusingly, "My dear sister Yang, are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"

"What? No! Of course I do! I just thought... I don't know, maybe it would help you... break out of your shell!" The blonde tried to defend herself.

"What the-?! I don't need to 'break out of my shell'! That's absolutely-"

"Ridiculous!" Jaune came out of nowhere, "There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday! I would've remembered having to count that high! Why does this have to happen today?"

He walked past Weiss and that red haired girl from yesterday.

"So, Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you'd like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well-known individual such as yourself!" She said nicely.

Too nicely.

She would never be that nice to anyone.

Well except mabye Dan.

"Hmm... I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may." The now named Pyrrha said.

"Well... I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together." Weiss suggested.

"Well, that sounds grand!" The armoured warrior replied.

"Great!" Weiss than adopted a scheming pose and a maniac smile, 'This will be perfect! The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class! Together we will be unstoppable! I can see it now! We'll be popular! We'll be celebrities! We'll get perfect grades! Nothing can come between us now!'

Well except maybe a thin, stupid, scraggly looking FUCK.

"You know what else is great? Me. Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you." Jaune stood in between them, "You again?" she said irritated.

Daniel saw Jaune trying to flirt with Weiss and he didn't like it, 'THAT SON OF A-does he ever do what he's told?!'

But then his eyes widened when he saw the red head, "Um guys?" he alerted his friends and they saw Pyrrha. They gained huge smiles.

"PYRRHA!"

The next thing the spartan knew, she was glomped by the three boy's. "Hey! Do you have any idea whose on the bottom of you!" Weiss shouted. After they all got up from the ground, Nathan opened his mouth to explain, only to be immediately stopped.

"Not you! Daniel please." She asked Dan to explain since she trusted him the most.

"Right, um, basically... she's our friend back in Sanctum."

Weiss's eye's widened, "WHAT?!"

"Yeah. I helped these guy's with Jaxon's depression five years ago. We've been friends ever since." Pyrrha explained, "Anyways, how are you guy's? And what's going on with your parents right now Jaxon? I heard you all had to move to Vale."

"Hi Achilles. I'm fine, my parents didn't let me go here. So I decided to walk out." Jax replied.

"Are you sure that's wise?" Pyrrha asked in concern, Jaxon just nodded his head.

They all heard Glynda's voice on the intercom system. "Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately."

Dan chuckled to himself, "The call to arm's!"

"Let's kick some ass!" Nate shouted.

Weiss passed Jaune, who was hanging on the wall of the locker, Pyrrha follows before she grabbed her spear that pierced his hoodie,"It was nice meeting you!" she said to him.

"Likewise..." He said slumping against the wall.

"Having some trouble there, lady-killer?" Asked Yang as she, Ruby and the three boy's approached him. "I don't understand. My dad said all women look for is confidence! Where did I go wrong?" The blonde male complained, "Snow Angel probably wasn't the best start."

Ruby offered her hand to Jaune, which he accepts. "Come on, Jaune, let's go." But then Dan slapped him in the back of the head.

As they headed for the cliffs, Yang had to ask Jaxon something, "So, I guess you were pretty popular back in Sanctum huh?" Nathan answered. "Yeah pretty much, well mainly Jax. Everyone was so kind to him, people argued he was as good as Pyrrha and he was eye candy for the girls."

That last part made Jaxon stop in his tracks and blush madly. "No I wasn't!" He argued.

"Um, yeah you were dude. Every time you walked passed the courtyard, all the girls kept staring at you."

"Not true!" His blush grew even deeper.

"We had to fight all those crazy women off you!" Dan finished as he and Nate walked away with victories smirks.

"I HATE YOU!" Johnson roared.

Yang just giggled, "I gotta admit, those girls have a good eye handsome~" and she walked off.

They all left Jaxon a blushing mess. Until he realized something, 'Wait! Did she just call me handsome?! Maybe it's a sign! Maybe I do have a chance after all! THANK YOU DAN AND NATE!' he couldn't help the grin on his face.

Then the two came back quickly, "So, where's our thank you?" Dan asked teasingly, Jax grew a massive scowl.

"Here's your thank you." He then flipped the bird at them.

All the students were now on top of Beacon cliffs. They were on silver tiles in front of a mug-holding Professor Ozpin and Glynda with her tablet.

"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin said.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of "teams." Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today." Glynda explained to everyone.

Ruby didn't seem too happy with this.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well. That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."

This made Ruby's world shatter, in fact Jaxon felt like he heard some glass break. "Whaaaat?!"

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die. You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Also today will mark the first three member team in this school. Are there any questions?"

Jaune raised his hand, "Yeah, um, sir?"

"Good! Now, take your positions."

Everyone got prepared but Jaune still had his hand raised, "Uh, sir? I've got, um... a question." Weiss was rocketed into the air surprisingly Nathan who was right next to her, "So, this landing... strategy thing... Uh, wha-what is it? You're, like, dropping us off or something?"

"No. You will be falling." The headmaster replied simply.

Nathan's eyes widened in shock, "Wait wha-" he didn't have time to finish his sentence as he was catapulted iinto the air.

"Oh, uh, I see... So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?"

"No. You will be using your own landing strategy."

Next was an excited Nora, then Ren, then a determined Dan, Yang winked at her little sis and the young pyro while putting on a pair of aviators and flies off a second before her sister joins her, Jaxon grew a big smile, he flew off while shouting "WWWWOOOOOHHHHHOOOO!"

"So, what exactly is a landing strategYYY!..." And with that Arc flew off into the distance with the other students.

Ozpin, for his part, simply took a sip of his drink.

And done!

Finally.

Jax, Dan, Nate and Pyrrha are all friends.

Props to those who saw this coming.

See you next chapter,

Now Adios!